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Outside the county office, the rain finally stopped!
An Siyang and Inspector Lin had just returned to the county office when they were confronted by He Xinluo. "Brother Si Yang, you're back? I bought you a Jade Pear Scroll..." Before He Xinluo could finish her sentence, she suddenly wrinkled her nose and leaned closer to An Siyang, sniffing intently. "Where have you been?"
"What’s going on?" Li Zimu also curiously leaned in to sniff. "Wow, it smells so good! This isn’t from Qixiang Tower; this scent is much more refined. I feel like I've smelled it somewhere before!"
He Xinluo nodded repeatedly, and the two of them immediately began circling around An Siyang like excited puppies.
An Siyang was at a loss for words. Before he could speak, He Xinluo suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! I know! It’s from Xiang Yun Tower! Did you go there to buy Rouge for me?" Her eyes sparkled with anticipation.
He Xinluo excitedly began to rummage through An Siyang's belongings, while Li Zimu, hearing this, pouted in disappointment. "Only you would do something so cliché as giving Rouge!"
At his words, An Siyang felt an unnatural flush rise to his cheeks. He gently held He Xinluo's hand, which was still wandering about, and cleared his throat to mask his embarrassment. "Well, Luo'er, I did go to Xiang Yun Tower, but I was there on business!"
"Business?" He Xinluo was momentarily taken aback when Li Zimu behind her chuckled smugly. "See? A blockhead is still a blockhead!"
Inspector Lin quickly raised his smoking pipe and said, "Actually..."
"Actually, we went there for Che Xi!" An Siyang interrupted him sternly. "Aren't you curious why Lao Lin suddenly started smoking water pipes?"
"Yeah!" He Xinluo's face was filled with unmistakable disappointment, but she pretended to nod nonchalantly.
As soon as this topic came up, Lao Lin became unusually animated and said with excitement, "If you ask me, Boss An is the most brilliant of us all. From the day Che Xi was locked up in prison, he knew that the Shape-Shifting Silver Wolf would rescue her. So he came up with an extraordinary plan days ago!"
"Is he really that thick-headed?" Li Zimu scoffed, curling his lip in disdain.
"Xinluo, you must know about the two dogs that Shopkeeper Ruan at Xiang Yun Tower keeps!" Inspector Lin said, his eyes gleaming with pride.
He Xinluo nodded eagerly. "I know! The male is called Dragon's Saliva and the female is named Lan Gao! I heard that Lan Gao was almost stolen by someone from the neighboring village to make dog meat hotpot, but Dragon's Saliva actually tracked down the thief's house and rescued Lan Gao, scaring the thief so badly that he fell ill!"
Inspector Lin chuckled mischievously and nodded. "Exactly! Boss An said that the chances of stopping the Shape-Shifting Silver Wolf from rescuing Che Xi Girl are slim, so the only thing we can do is come up with a way to track her no matter where she goes."
"Hey, you guys aren't thinking of sending those two dogs to find Che Xi, are you?" Li Zimu asked, amused. "Besides, what does this have to do with Lao Lin smoking?"
An Siyang's eyes sparkled with confidence as he replied, "I specifically asked Shopkeeper Ruan about it. Those two dogs have grown up in Xiang Yun Tower since they were young and are extremely sensitive to various scents. Most importantly, they are very familiar with each other's smells. If someone has the scent of Lan Gao on them, Dragon's Saliva could probably track them down within a hundred miles!"
"How would someone get the scent of Lan Gao?" He Xinluo still looked puzzled.
"With Che Xi's intelligence, if we tried to apply something on her, she'd definitely be suspicious. So I thought long and hard about it, and the best method is to have Lao Lin pretend to smoke in the Interrogation Chamber for a few hours each day. In reality, the tobacco will be soaked in Lan Gao's urine that I asked Shopkeeper Ruan to prepare..."
"What? Urine?" Inspector Lin suddenly looked incredulous as he stared at An Siyang, his eyes wide open. "Boss An, didn't you say it was dog hair? How did it turn into dog urine?"
An Siyang shrugged awkwardly. "Uh, it was supposed to be dog hair at first, but later Shopkeeper Ruan said that using dog urine would yield better results..."
"Wow..." Inspector Lin threw down his smoking pipe and rushed to the flowerbed to vomit, his face pale.
Though somewhat reluctant, Li Zimu was curious about whether this method would actually work, so he awkwardly asked, "So you went to Xiang Yun Tower just now to borrow Dragon's Saliva to find Che Xi?"
"The Shape-Shifting Silver Wolf has been leading us around by the nose for too long; it's time for us to strike back!" An Siyang said with a light smile, his dark eyes sparkling with determination.
"Then you've found Che Xi's hideout, right? Where is it? Have you discovered The Shape-Shifting Silver Wolf?"
An Siyang ignored Li Zimu's questions and turned to take the paper bag from He Xinluo's hands. "I've been busy all day and I'm starving. I'm going to eat the Jade Pear Scroll first!"
He Xinluo was about to speak when she found a small box shoved into her hands. Opening it, she was surprised to see a box of premium Rouge from Xiang Yun Tower. Her cheeks flushed a rosy pink as she clenched her fist and rushed out. "Brother Si Yang, the Jade Pear Scroll isn't enough! I'm going to the kitchen to make you a bowl of noodles!"
"Hey! You useless brat, it's just a box of Rouge! Is it really worth getting that excited?" Li Zimu stomped his foot and walked over to Inspector Lin, who was still retching. "You little punk, I told you to stick with me, but you wouldn't listen, huh!"
"B-Boss An is being too much this time. Boohoo, you're all bad people..." Inspector Lin mumbled, vaguely aware that the smoke in his mouth had an unpleasant taste mixed in. With a loud "wow," he retched again.
As dusk settled in, a light mist began to spread through the air. The light was slowly crushed by the nightfall...
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